Saturday, August 16, 2014

From ‘My Experiences in Astrology’ by B V Raman

If the nails are of reddish hue, one is healthy and rich,
courageous and fortunate ….if the nails are yellowish, one suffers from
indigestion and windy complaints, entertains evil thoughts and is of immoral
character ……

…..to stress the fact that the science of hand-reading was
developed in India from the earliest times and carried on to the West, from
where, thanks to the interest and zeal of our western friends, a flood of
literature on palmistry, containing the same principles is being re-routed to
our country.

After making a comparative study of the Hindu and western
systems I came to the conclusion that the western system lacked depth and
substance, the methods applied for timing events were not quite reliable and
that the Hindu system alone could be considered the system par excellence.

Of all the Nadis and Bhrigu Samhitas – more than 50 – I have
seen and examined so far, it is only the Markendeya Nadi that has proved fairly
accurate.

Grandfather had often said that too much reliance on
mathematics would atrophy one’s power of judgement. There were instances when
by just looking at a horoscope he was able to say whether or not one was
employed, married etc. This ability, he attributed, not only to some combinations
in his own horoscope but also to vaksiddhi
which, he said, could be developed by leading an ethical and disciplined life
and practicing certain types of mantras.

When Prakash cried much he would get fits ….An elderly
person suggested that the fits could be stopped once and for all if the child
was given the ancient treatment of branding with a red hot glass bangle. This
was done and Prakash had no more fits thereafter.